Riccardo Pennisi, Editor at Aspeniaonline, is a political analyst, focusing on international relations, public policy, political communications, and electoral systems. He has previously carried out studies on democratization, state building and EU enlargement. He has worked with the Assembly of European Regions in Strasbourg, is a writer at Il Mattino and a contributor at Limes, Eastwest, ISPI and AffarInternazionali. He is the author of the book "Europei? Fotografia di un continente disorientato".